Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Lynch,MP/Glasgow,JM, Nicolas Malebranche and Amos

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8 ideas

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 3. Levels of Reality
16062 A necessary relation between fact-levels seems to be a further irreducible fact [Lynch/Glasgow]
7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 5. Supervenience / c. Significance of supervenience
16061 If some facts 'logically supervene' on some others, they just redescribe them, adding nothing [Lynch/Glasgow]
7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 6. Physicalism
16060 Nonreductive materialism says upper 'levels' depend on lower, but don't 'reduce' [Lynch/Glasgow]
16064 The hallmark of physicalism is that each causal power has a base causal power under it [Lynch/Glasgow]
8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 8. Properties as Modes
16669 Everything that exists is either a being, or some mode of a being [Malebranche]
26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / d. Causal necessity
2594 A true cause must involve a necessary connection between cause and effect [Malebranche]
12726 In a true cause we see a necessary connection [Malebranche]
29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 2. Judaism
7604 Amos was the first prophet to emphasise justice and compassion [Amos, by Armstrong,K]